Stopper-cap.



R. H. MOLONEY.

STOPPER GAP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.25,1913.

Patented J an. 6, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Q Application flied February 25, 1913. Serial No. 750,508.

Patented J an. 6, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAYMOND H. Mommar a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the cit of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in t e county of Kings and State of New Yor have invented a new and Improved Stop er-Cap, of which the following is a full, 0 car, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide for bottle stoppers a detachable cap; and to provide a cap for the purpose set forth having a screw thread adapted to cut or sink into a cork of conventional construction.

One embodiment of the present invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a pictorial view of a fragment y of a bottle having a stopper provided with a cap constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a cork eyillipped with a cap of the character named, t in conjunction with a fragment of a bottle construction; Fig. 3 is a detail view showing in perspective a stopper cap of'preferred form; Fig. 4 is a detail view showing in vertical section a modified form of cap; Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a further modified form'of cap.

As shown in the accompanying drawings a cap constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention is ap lied to a cork stopper 10. The ca provi ed for the stopper is furnished wit a cylindrical ferrule 11, the vided with a sharp or cutting screw threa adapted to sink into the surface of the stoper 10 to holdingly engage the same and'to orm therein a spiral groove registering with said thread.

The ferrule 11 may be attached to thetop flat 12, fiat 12 is preferably extended beyond the outer surface of the ferrule 11 to form an overhang 13, which is milled or otherwise shaped to facilitate the manipulation of the cap when mounting the same upon the stop- The cap is constructed from any suitable material, and the flat 12 thereof is preferably employed as a member to receive a symbol, index or proprietary label. By

e same being shown inner face whereof is pro v d While I have shown and hereinbefore described a stopper such as the cork stopper '10-, it will be understood that I may provide or formed integral therewith. The

.herein described the cap as having a ferrule adopting the use of caps of the character herein set forth, retail dealers and others may obtam a prolonged'usage of an attractive advertismg device by replacin or reequippln the ca with stoppers oft e character suc as in icated by the numeral 10. Likewise, caps of the character herein set forth may be employed as indicating proprietorship of the bottle for which a stopper such as 10 is employed.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings, the modification consists primarily in providing a flat or top 14. The flat 14 is attached to a ferrule 15 by curling the edge 16 over an outturned flange 17 extending from said ferrule. A. further variation from the preferred form, contained in this modified form, 1s .the emplo ment of a screw 18 centrally disposed an rigidly connected to the fiat 14.

When a ca with the modi ed form just above described is employed, the thread of the screw .18 corresponds with the-thread formed on the ininer surface of the ferrule 15, so that when the cap is being screwed upon the cork stopper 10, the threads of the the ferrule 15 cooperate.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 5, there is substituted for the screw thread formed on the inner surface of the ferrules 11 and 15, a series of cutting s urs 19 formed by punching the material orming the modi e ferrule 20, toward the center thereof. The spurs 19 are spirally arranged, the succeeding spurs following in the path of those preceding and operating to cut a groove in the stopper 10.

a vitreous or metal stopper havlng screwthreads formed in the surface thereof, to

"register with the threads of the various ferru es above described. Also, while I have such as indicated by the numerals 11, 15 and 20, it will be understood that the curled edge 16 of a flat such as 14, may be parted and spirally set to form a spirally-pitched member for the stopper 10.

Having thus descri claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A stopper cap,

screw 18 and ofhaving a ferrule proconstructed in accordance bed my invention, 1 g

vided with a sharp cuttin screw-thread on the inner surface thereo fiat for said ferrule.

2. A stopper cap,

- 5 vided with a sharp cuttin and a. coverlng having a ferrule proscrew-thread on 3. A stopper cap 10 vided with a sharp 0 having a ferrule proutting screw-thread on the inner surface thereof, and a covering fiat for said ferrule, said cap and ferrule bein rigiflly united. ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 1 1 two subscribin witnesses.

RAYMgND HAYS MOLONEY. Witnesses:

Ammo R. MINOR, Enw. T. MINOR. 

